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Re: Missing P-38s - GOOD IN MY OPINION
Posted by WIll Fowler on Fri Mar 22, 2002 08:57:07 PM
In reply top Missing P-38s posted by Dave on Fri Mar 22, 2002 05:23:53 PM
This is good news in my opinion, the PNG goverment are not worthy of the remains of these aircrazft, for years they have allowed them to be damaged or destroyed by the half brained locals who have no idea tha they are destroying historic items.
I normally do not side with people who undertake this kind of thing but when it comes to the wreaks in PNG then I say good luck to the Aussi's that are pulling them out of the hands of the PNG people who just do not have sense to take care of them.
I for one do not blame the new owners for keeping quite about them, congrats to them and lets hope they can get a few more out, in the end, they would been shown to far more people in the western world than they would rotting in some jungle in bloody PNG
Sorry folks, touchy subject for me....
Will
: This from the Pacific Wreck Data Base
:
: Two P-38's Exported From Finchafen
: Earlier this month, a Melbourne businessman reportedly exp
: orted two P-38's
: "dug up" at Finschafen. Various reports about the identity
: and validity of
: this export have been brought to our attention. We ask any
: one with the
: serial numbers of these two aircraft step forward and subm
: it this
: information so the true history of these wrecks can be lea
: rned. Neither the
: California restoration company, or the alleged US buyers h
: ave responded to
: request for more information. If this indeed was a legal e
: xport, we
: challenge someone to step forward with the real serial num
: bers of these dug
: up P-38's so that the truth behind them can be learned.
:
:
: A Missing P-38 from Western Province, PNG
: By a strange coincidence, ANOTHER P-38 is missing from PNG
: . This intact was
: located at a place called Arufi in the Western Province of
: Papua New Guinea.
: This case is still under investigation for theft by author
: ities in New
: Guinea. With the dollar "value" of WWII aircraft know by m
: any, wrecks in 3rd
: world countries have become the targets of recovery. These
: relics are
: property of the government where they reside and when remo
: ved, the world
: looses access to their history, and the country looses a p
: iece of its
: historical legacy. Look for more information on this unfol
: ding story, and
: complete history on this aircraft in future updates.
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